Technology

Telus Corp. (TSX:T) announced December 12 that it will donate $5 million to BC Children’s Hospital to boost care for some of the province’s most seriously ill children.

Vancouver technology startup ChattBack has snagged its largest customer for the service of enabling customers to provide anonymous feedback.

Israel’s Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE:TEVA) has announced that it will pay Burnaby-based Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc. up to $376 million for a worldwide license to a pain drug that Xenon is developing.

Lululemon Athletica Inc. founder Chip Wilson is partnering with Lululemon, the province and Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) to build a $36 million school of design in Richmond.

The Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) ruled December 10 that Telus Corp. (TSX:T) violates regulations by the way it markets the Vancouver-based gay and lesbian network OUTtv Network Inc.

Smart technologies used to raise funds for local company’s smart car technologies

The Canadian Union of Public Employees has filed a bad faith bargaining complaint against Simon Fraser University, and a hearing before the BC Labour Board has been set for December 17-19.

Telus (TSX:T) is lowering its Internet broadband caps – but the company says customers are not likely to even notice a difference.

Troubled Vancouver biotech QLT has laid off 42% of its workforce, the company announced yesterday.

Vancouver-based social media management system HootSuite announced this morning that it has once again expanded its app directory, following an announcement mid-November that saw new Facebook features being added to its dashboard.